Manish Barnwal

...just another human

Yaadon ki chuskiya

Recently, my friend, Tushar had come to Bangalore to visit me and Rahul before he left for the US for his Masters. He was here for a weekend. We intended to visit places around Bangalore. And we ended up visiting Lal Bagh. I know you are judging me right now ...

Do you believe in yourself?

Photo of belief

Are you a confident person? The mind asked itself. I replied with an excited Yes!. The mind asked again, are you sure?. This time I thought for a ...

The filmy Secret Santa

Ever heard of secret Santa game? If not, you may not appreciate this article. Wait till you join the corporate world. But if you have, secret Santa may ring some bell.

Dialogues define our cinema. Ever imagined this twist. What if the Secret Santa gets introduced to Bollywood? Presenting, Secret ...

Don’t introduce that bias in your child

A thought crossed my mind yesterday and just when it was about to get lost in the cloud of many thoughts that scatters in mind…I caught hold of it. I felt I had gathered the maximum out of this thought but I wanted to write about it so that ...

Things I have learned (So Far)

Today when I opened my blog on Quora, I saw a draft of this post that I had written some six months post to my first job. The learnings I had moving from college to corporate.

Things I have learned (So Far)

I graduated from my college almost six months ...

My first attempt at public speaking

Having graduated from college, it was just 6 months into my new job that I was asked to give a tech-talk on Introduction to Data Science. Imagine the thrill and fright of a fresher when he is presented with a situation like this. The first thing I asked my manager ...

Pre-Placement Talk Snippets

I'd attended PPTs (Pre-placement Talks) of almost all the companies I'd interest in during my placement time. Many students find attending PPTs a waste of time. I was not one of them.

I liked attending PPTs. I felt they gave me continuous motivation to be consistent in my ...

Beautiful Sadness

As I woke up this morning, it took me a few moments to realize where I was. I looked around, gained my consciousness and a thought thundered into my mind –I was not in Kgp. Not anymore. Life at Kgp is now a past, a past which will always be ...